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My Sister's Keeper

If a member of your family is so sick and needs therapies, transplants, and all sorts of treatments throughout her life, what will you do to keep her alive? Will you create another baby which is genetically identical so that you can use whatever is needed from her? Will your priority be trying all means to save the sick child and neglect the wellbeing of the healthy one? It's all described here, in the New York bestseller by Jodi Picoult- My Sister's Keeper.

I love his book. No because it's so heart-wrenching nor is it because I'm a saddist. Although this kind of scenario is highly uncommon in the society, it describes the struggle of making choices. How do you make the best choice for everyone? And what makes you think that's the best one? There's so much struggle in the whole book which reminds me of how vunerable life can be sometimes. I also reminded me that no matter how sad your life is, others still move on without you. And any decisions you make, it will ultimately still affect people around you, may it be good or bad. It may cause sadness, loneliness, negligence.. so choose it wisely...

Rain falls, and runs down a mountain into a river. The river finds its way to the ocean. It evaporates, like a soul, into the clouds. And then, like everythin else, it starts all over again.
Yes, everything starts all over again. No matter how clever, how fat, how happy you are.

Don't do this to me, I've only known her for 2 years.
Have you ever thought of describing losing a child this way? I don't, and I find it really special.

The relationship you have your siblings is about fairness. You want her/him to have exactly what you have- the same toys, the amount of meatballs on your spaghetti, the same share of love. But being a mother is completely different. You want your child to have more than you ever had.
Now you know how much your parents love you. =)